Show-stand



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L. J. HAAGEN.

' snow STAND.

No. 521,111. Patented June 5, 1894.

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L. J. HAAGE-N.

SHOW STAND.

No. 521,111. I Patented June 5, 1894.

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LOUIS J. HAAGEN, OF ALTON, ILLINOIS.

SHOW-STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 521,111, dated June 5,1894.

Application filed June 12 1893. Serial No. 477,341. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LOUIS J. HAAGEN, of Alton, Illinois, have made a new and useful Improvement in Show-Stands, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Th1s improvement has for its object to prov1de means for holding andalso for effectwe] y displaying articles of merchandise, such as oil cloths in rolls, curtains, umbrellas, and other goods of similar shapes, and it consists in the means whereby the goods are not only conveniently held at all times but are also always in position for exhibition, and at the same time so sustained as not to be creased, indented, or otherwise marred, and so that they shall hang smoothly and evenly, and both singly and collectively present an attractive appearance, substantially as is hereinafter set forth and claimed, aided by the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which-=- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the stand; Fig. 2 a front elevation of the same; Fig. 3 a side elevation of one of the supports of the stand; Fig. 4 a front elevation of the same, and Figs. 5 and 6 respectively a side elevation and a front elevation of the stand with the goods displayed thereon. Figs. 3 and 4 are upon an enlarged scale.

The same letters of reference denote the same parts.

The frame of the improved stand consists mainly of the uprights A, A, the base-pieces B, B, to which the uprights are respectively attached, and the cross-bars a, a, which connect the uprights, and by means of the casters C, which are attached to the base-pieces, the structure is made readily shiftable.

D, D, represent supports in which the goods are immediately held. They are attached to the uprights A, A, and they serve to connect the uprights as well as to support the goods. They are arranged upon both fronts of the frame and in vertical series. As many of the supports may be used in series as may be desired. In the present illustration five supports are shown upon each front of the frame. The essential features of the support are the brackets d, d, and the connecting rod (1 Each bracket has a base, 01 and a curved widened rest (1 and the connecting rod, (1 extends from the outer end of the rest of one of the brackets to the'outer end of the rest of the other of the brackets. All the parts of a support, D, are preferably integral. The support is attached to the uprights by means of the bases (1 which are applied to the uprights and secured thereto by means of the screws (1 or other suitable fastening. It is desirable for the supports to be relatively arranged as shown; that is, so that the bases, b of the brackets shall meet each other upon the uprights.

The use of the apparatus is illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. E, E, E E E represent rolls of oil cloth in position upon the stand. Both fronts of the stand are similarly filled with the goods. Owing to the shape of the rests (Z the rolls are sustained without indenting the cloth as is likely to occur if the rests A were narrowed, or if they were so shaped as to form an angular part or crotch. And owing to the rod d a continuous support is provided for the exposed end, e, of the cloth throughout the width thereof and the end in consequence is prevented from sagging between the brackets of the support. The end of each roll can be similarly drawn out and allowed to hang upon the rod, d of the support belonging to the roll, and the various ends, e, of the several rolls fall successively upon each other substantially as shown, enabling the various patterns of the various rolls to be readily seen and compared. Owing to the way the roll-ends unitedly hang they can be readily kept in good order.

The stand can be easily turned around to enable each of its fronts to be seen, and the stand itself, and either with or without the goods, can be shifted from place to place as may be desired.

I claim- 1. In a device for displaying goods, the up rights A, A, respectively attached to the base pieces B, B, combined with the goods supports D, each consisting of integral parts namely of brackets d, at, each of said brackets having a base (1 adapted to be secured to one of the uprights, and provided with a curved widened rest d said rests being con neeted together by rod (Z integral with the rights and adapted for use in the manner set rests, substantially as described. forth. m

2. As an article of manufacture and sale, \Vitness mylmnd this 9th day of June, 1893. the within described goods displaying device,

5 consisting of the bases cl, d, each having a LQUIS HAAGEN' curved and widened rest the two being con- Witnesses: nected by the rod (Z the several parts inte- C. D. MOODY,

gral, and the entirety combined with the up- A. BONVILLE. 

